A crucial element of Zionist education in America today must be to humanize Israelis and emphasize our similarities. It’s time to educate young Jews about Israeli history and, just as important, to engage them around everyday Israeli pop culture.

In the face of campus controversies around Zionism, we need to help more students understand Israeli history, how Zionism fits into an empowerment narrative far better than it does in a postcolonialism framework. e